SPECTRA IDENTIFICATION/800 MHz PRIVACY PLUS VS. TYPE II

icom98 · Post by **icom98** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 2:25 pm

Can a spectra 800 MHz radio be identified for type II or privacy plus buy the model number. If so which is which?

Thanks in advance,
icom98

Post by **wavetar** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 2:33 pm

All Spectra radios with "AxAK" at the end of the model number are conventional only. Any with "BxAK" are both Privacy Plus Type I & Type II capable, I believe. If they end with "CxAK", then they are SmartNet capable. There was also a "ExAK" series which was SmartZone capable, but I've never come across one.

There was an orphaned series, the "DxAK" which the model specific page on Batlabs says is for "Startsite" systems...those systems came in both Privacy Plus Type I and Privacy Plus Type II versions...so I'm not sure what the difference would be with the "BxAK" models.

Oh, you can find the model number decoding info on Batlabs here:

http://www.batlabs.com/spectra.html

Todd

icom98 · Post by **icom98** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 2:36 pm

That was fast!

THANK YOU!

motorola_otaku · Post by **motorola_otaku** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 2:57 pm

wavetar wrote:There was also a "ExAK" series which was SmartZone capable, but I've never come across one.

Want pictures? I've got one from Louisiana.

Post by **wavetar** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 3:10 pm

motorola_otaku wrote:
wavetar wrote:There was also a "ExAK" series which was SmartZone capable, but I've never come across one.
Want pictures? I've got one from Louisiana.

Thanks, if it's not a bother. I assume they look physically the same, other than maybe an "E" designation on the front somewhere?

wavetar 'at' eastlink.ca

motorola_otaku · Post by **motorola_otaku** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 7:35 pm

I didn't take pics of the entire radio because, really, the only remarkable part is the controller board. The rest of it is identical to any other 800 Spectra. Also, the top button arrangement is mine. I don't recall the original config, but the Emergency button was one of the recessed plunger types, the Scan was second from the right, and there was no Select button. The numeric keypad, however, is exactly as I got it, including the arrow keys.